Improvement in corn-planters



w. M. GAREEQ.

Hand-Seeder.

Papented Mat. 6, 1860.

N. EETERS. PHOTOL|THOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D c UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

\V ILLIAM l\[. GAR-ER, OF GRANVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 27.358, dated March 6, lb'tlt).

To all 1071,0721. it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAiit M. Gimme, of Granville, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Machine for Planting Corn and other Seeds and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the construetion and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is aperspectiveview; Fig. 2, a longitudinal view with the side taken off to show the parts and attachments. Fig. 3 is an en larged view of the bruslrblock. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the seed-slide or charger. Fig. 5 is the car by which the seed-slide or charger is attached to the lever-upright. Fig. 6 is an edge view of the lever and hinge up rights, showin their relation, parts, an d attachments. Fig. 7 is an outside view of the sta tionary upright, showing the attachment of its steel bit or jaw, and the position of the mortise and slit in which the seed-slide or charger and its flange moves. Fig. 8 is a block with a groove in which the seed-slide moves and is guided. Fig. 9 is awedge-shapedblock placed permanently between uprights Nos. 1 and 2, just below the hinge.

a. a a (marked also 1 2 3) are uprights or framepieces. No. 1 is the lever-upright, because its vibration moves the jaw at the lower end of the machine. No. 2 is calledthe middle or jointed upright, because on it is placed the hinge t, to enable the lever-upright easily to move the bit or jaw. No. 3 is calledthe stationary upright because it is attached permanently to the hopper, charger-block, lid, and part of upright No. 2. M

I) b are steel bits or jaws formed or bent to about the angle of fifteen degrees, and strongly secured by rivets (see Fig. 7) to the bottoms attached, by a pin working loosely in its open ings, the seed-slide or charger. This device secures a seeming vibration of the pin, and thoroughly prevents the impinging and chafing of the seed-slide or charger in its move ments.

0 is a brush-block placed in'the hopper to hold the bristles that brush back the seed of the hopper at every discharge of the seedslide, protects the seed from injury by the chafing of the graduating-slide of the charger, and covers the opening where the charger conveys its seed to the chamber 7 I as a portion deposited for each hill.

f are the bristles (see Fig. 3) forming the brush, and secured in their 'place by gluing and the iron plate a, which is fastened by screws.

g is a block with a groove, .2', Fig. 8, in which the seed-slide or charger is placed, and movesloosely, and in it also is a gain or mortise, 85, through which the seed passes to the chambers Z I.

h is a guard made of hoop or sheet iron, about one-sixteenthof an inch in thickness, placed over the bottom or lower end of the chamber 1 Z, so as to cover the edges of theuprights 2 and 3 from apoint three-eighths of an inch above the center of the hinge to their termination at the angle of the bits or jaws Z) I) and exclude the earth.

6 is a hinge connecting the two parts ofupright No. 2, and providing for the vibration of the upright No. 1.

j j are two handles, by means of which the machine is put in operation.

k 7.: are collars or bosses, round or angular, placed on the top ends of uprights 1 and 3, where the handles j j pass through to give them strength and permanence.

Z is a hopper or seed-box, formed by inclosing the space between the uprights 2 and 3, at the top, with sheet-iron or any other suitable material, and secured there byscrews ortacks.

Z Z is a chamber that receives the seed from the charger m, and is formed by continuing downward the sheet -iron or other material used for hopper Z This arrangement confines the seed for each hill successively.

m is a seed-slide or charger, Fig.4, attached to ear (I on upright No. 1, which receives the seed from the hopper Z and carries it under the brush-block e and discharges itinto the chamber 21.

a is an iron plate screwed on the bruslr block a to cover and confine the bristles at the top. (See Fig. 3 at a.)

o is a wedge-shaped block of wood, Fig. 9,

charger.

placed between uprights l and 2, just below the hinge i, (connecting the parts of upright N0. 2,) to give strength and permanence to their connection.

p is a lid, Fig. 2, made of sheet-iron or other material, attached to upright No. 3by a hinge, r, and covers the hopper.

q is a staple placed inthe top of upright No. 2, and passes through the lid 1), which it secures in its place by a hooked latch or pin. (See Fig. l.)

r, Fig. 2, is-a hinge to the hopper-lid p.

s, Fig. 4, is a chamber in the seed-slide or charger, which receives the seed from the hopper Z and conveys it to the chamber I I, ready for each hill.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The hopper l' having been filled with corn, and the handles j being extended, the operator closes the handles, which movement fills the The handles are then opened, by

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The arrangement of the flange c, seed-slide or charger m, plate n, brush-block e, chamber Z Z, uprights 1 2 3, lid 1), and jaws b b, as and for the purposes herein shown and described.

\VM. M. GAREE/ In presence of JOHN F.- FoLLETT, TM. BELL, Jr. 

